BREAKING: U.S. issues shelter-in-place order for all Americans in Bahrain.

AU Return to Post-War Khartoum Gains Momentum in Sudan

African Union delegation led by Ambassador Mohamed Belaiche visited Sudan Foreign Ministry to assess reopening of its Khartoum office after 3 years of conflict, amid the return of UN agencies. Sudan authorities cite improving stability & restored basic services in the capital.

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Iran has cut off direct communication with the U.S. after Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization.”

Source: WSJ

BREAKING: Iran has stopped cease-fire negotiations with the U.S., telling Pakistan it will no longer participate in talks.

Source: NYT

Trump:

8 p.m. is happening. If we get to that point, there is going to be an attack like they have not seen.

Trump:

If negotiations move forward today and there is something concrete, the deadline could change.

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

Canada expects all parties in the Iran conflict to respect international laws. This means not targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure.

Tucker Carlson to Trump:

You can’t invade countries to steal their stuff… that’s theft.

If the new law is ‘I can take it because I want it,’ the tables will be turned.

What we do will be done unto us.

Tucker Carlson:

Where does this lead? …the use of weapons of mass destruction.

What we’re seeing is that we’ve exhausted conventional power. What’s left? Nuclear weapons.

You could have a global nuclear war. This is insane.

We are on a path to global depression and famine… that’s not panic, that’s math.

JD Vance to Viktor Orbán:

Trump loves you, and so do I. You have an election coming up and we just wanted to come and say good luck.

Tucker Carlson on Trump's Iran threats:

Unless someone puts the brakes on right away, we’re heading somewhere we can’t even imagine.

If you work in the White House or the U.S. military, now is the time to say no.

Absolutely not. Say it directly to the president: no.

If given the order, I’m not carrying it out. I’ll do whatever I can legally to stop this.

This is not hysteria. This is 100% real.

There are pivot points where nothing is the same.

State-run Tehran Times newspaper:

Diplomatic and indirect channels of talks with the US are not CLOSED.

Trump:

I love Hungary, and I love that Viktor.

"Don't Obey Him!" - Conservative Commentator Goes Ballistic on Trump

Tucker Carlson called Trump's Iran threats "Vile", telling politicians & soldiers not to obey him if he orders mass attack on Iran. Trump fired back, calling Carlson “low IQ” & "fool", amid internal rift growing among the MAGA base.

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The United Nations Security Council has failed to adopt a Bahraini draft resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz after Russia and China used their veto power.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei:

The power of a "CIVILIZED" nation's culture, logic, and faith in its righteous cause will undoubtedly prevail over the logic of brute force.

A nation that has every faith in the righteousness of its path shall harness all its capacities and capabilities to safeguard its rights and legitimate interests.

JD Vance:

In Western history, they don’t see a proud tradition; they see only injustice. Within our borders, they see exclusion and racism. In Christianity, they see not liberation but oppression. And in the family, they see constraint.

Their most radical members, of course, tear down monuments to our national heroes or throw buckets of fake blood on precious artworks in museums.

JD Vance attacks the EU:

Brussels bureaucrats become millionaires by threatening the sovereignty of the people across this beautiful continent.

JD Vance:

The European press asks: do Trump and Vance have something against Europe?

Let me be clear: we love Europe, we love it!

JD Vance claims:

Viktor Orbán has done more than any leader in Europe to bring about a successful resolution to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah say they will release abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson.

Source: Reuters